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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-04-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000413.7.4-205"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-04-13-Speech-4-2062
lpv:speaker	lp:Johan Van Hecke2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Christelijke Volkspartij (1999-07-20--2001-09-30)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2002-09-17)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it is five to midnight in Zimbabwe. Everything points to the country sitting on a volcano that could erupt at any minute. In the run up to the elections, Mugabe will not hesitate to use violence against his political opponents. At the beginning of this month, peaceful demonstrators were attacked by his followers while the police looked on. What is more serious is the fact that the demonstrators were arrested and the attackers left alone. Similarly, Mugabe will not recoil from provoking anarchy and racial hatred by encouraging the illegal occupation of white farms. Whites are being systematically intimidated and driven from their land through violent means to punish them for their support for the opposition and to buy the votes of the landless farmers. The government systematically disregards the rulings of the Supreme Court. In fact, the public prosecutor warned that any attempt to remove the occupiers could lead to civil war. It is clear that Mugabe, who has become unpopular through his mismanagement of the economy and his exploits in the Congo, intends to do everything necessary to stay in power. Some people even fear that he is inciting the chaos in order to be able to proclaim a state of emergency and postpone the elections. At long last, the European Union has this week threatened to suspend aid if the President does not keep his promise of free and fair elections. But it is already clear that the elections have been rigged. A quarter of the names on the electoral lists are fictitious or duplicates. The President is still not allowing any foreign observers in. What else has to happen before structural aid is suspended? I would urge the Council and the Commission not to wait until it is five past midnight."@en1

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